BALTIC AND ALBION MARITIME LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11564397 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£5.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -57% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,556
Cash draining
Cash down 57% YoY
Cash YoY
-57%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£112
↓ 57% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£3k£4k£5k£7kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£7.1k£6.6k
Current assets£4.6k£6.6k
Cash£112£263
Debtors£200£200
Net assets£5.6k£4.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2018-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BALTIC AND ALBION MARITIME LIMITED
  8. 2018-09-11
    SEALY, Bernard Nicholas appointed
    director
  9. 2018-09-11
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

King Arthurs Court Maidstone Road
Charing
Ashford
Kent
TN27 0JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SEALY, Bernard Nicholas
director · ~76y · appointed 2018-09-11
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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2018-09-11